BlackBerry today, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles accusing social media giant Facebook, and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, of patent infringement. According to the suit, the trio stole features and technology from BlackBerry Messenger. The suit comes after both companies spent “several years in dialogue,” according to a BlackBerry spokeswoman by the name of Sarah McKinney…
“Facebook and its companies developed ‘competing applications that improperly used BlackBerry’s mobile messaging intellectual property’.”We have a strong claim that Facebook has infringed on our intellectual property, and after several years of dialogue, we also have an obligation to our shareholders to pursue appropriate legal remedies.”-Sarah McKinney, spokeswoman, BlackBerry
